Washington Post 8-16-2017 connie dello buono 9 years ago PowerPost • Analysis The Daily 202: False moral equivalency is not a bug of Trumpism. It’s a feature. From the alt-right to Putin and the Clintons, Trump’s “both sides” conceit is nothing new. By James Hohmann • Read more » Obama’s response to Charlottesville violence is the most liked tweet in Twitter’s history “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion,” Obama said, quoting Nelson Mandela. By Kristine Phillips • Read more » Baltimore hauls away four Confederate monuments after overnight removal The predawn removal of four monuments comes days after white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville. By Fenit Nirappil • Read more » The Post’s View • Opinion The nation can only weep In his remarks Tuesday, the president showed his true feelings and deepened the nation’s wounds after Charlottesville. By Editorial Board • Read more » ‘Clinically insane,’ ‘7th circle of hell’: Late-night hosts process Trump’s news conference For the second night in a row, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and the others did not hold back. By Emily Yahr • Read more » Right Turn • Opinion Republicans, cut the outrage. It’s time to disown Trump. Mere words are insufficient — and insufferable. By Jennifer Rubin • Read more » Opinion President Trump must go Every day he remains in office is a victory for the extremists. By David Rothkopf • Read more » The Plum Line • Opinion Everyone working for Trump knows his Charlottesville response is an abomination And they will be stained by all that is to come. By Greg Sargent • Read more » Trump tried to save their jobs. These workers are quitting anyway. Factory workers are leaving their jobs at the highest rate in a decade. By Danielle Paquette • Read more » Made by History • Analysis Who are the antifa? President Trump equated them with white supremacists. Here’s why he’s wrong. By Mark Bray • Read more » Also Popular in Politics Politics • Analysis Trump puts a fine point on it: He sides with the alt-right in Charlottesville Trump compared counterprotesters without a permit and George Washington to the Nazis and Robert E. Lee. By Philip Bump • Read more » Trump again blames ‘both sides’ for violence at white supremacist rally in Charlottesville Analysis | Trump’s off-the-rails news conference on Charlottesville, the ‘alt-left’ and infrastructure, annotated What is the ‘alt-left,’ which Trump just blamed for some of the violence in Charlottesville? After Charlottesville, Trump retweets — then deletes — image of train running over CNN reporter Also Popular in Opinions Why slippery slope arguments should not stop us from removing Confederate monuments The case for removing them does not imply that we should also remove monuments to the Founding Fathers and other historical figures actually worthy of honor. By Ilya Somin • Read more » What did you expect from Trump? I’m black. Robert E. Lee is my ancestor. His statues can’t come down soon enough. The Nation is reviewing a story casting doubt on Russian hack of DNC Why do white supremacists hate Jews? Because we can fight them. Also Popular in Local Lincoln Memorial vandalized with red spray paint The graffiti appeared to say “[expletive] law,” according to the National Park Service. By Justin Wm. Moyer • Read more » For one day, a fractured country will be united by sun, moon and history Heather Heyer’s grieving mother readies herself for ‘huge public farewell to my child’ Perspective | ‘Jews will not replace us’: Why white supremacists go after Jews The Senate subway: The new epicenter of American democracy? Also Popular in Sports ESPN apologizes for player ‘auction’ during fantasy football marathon The network was criticized for being apparently oblivious to the poor optics and racial dynamics of the segment. By Des Bieler • Read more » Analysis | Here’s how to pull off the perfect fantasy draft using the Zero RB strategy The Falcons’ new stadium has a Chick-fil-A, which won’t be open for most Falcons games Don’t panic if the Nationals place Bryce Harper on waivers Analysis | Fantasy football 2017: This is what the perfect draft looks like Also Popular in National Trump again blamed ‘both sides’ in Charlottesville. Here’s how politicians are reacting. As clashes in Charlottesville between white nationalists and counterprotesters became violent, here’s what lawmakers are saying about the event. By Kevin Uhrmacher • Read more » Costco made $3.7 million selling ‘Tiffany’ rings. Now it must pay $19 million to the real Tiffany. Another climate-change nightmare: 91 new volcanoes beneath Antarctica’s ice The worst things that could go wrong during the total solar eclipse — and how to be prepared Ex-prison guards in Ku Klux Klan plotted to kill a black inmate. An FBI informant caught them. 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